UNISON branch officers, lawyers and members recall a four-year battle to win pay justice
UNISON branch officers, lawyers and members recall a four-year battle to win pay justice
Sorry We Missed You concerns a family in crisis. Ricky (Kris Hitchen) is a driver for a parcel delivery service, working all hours of the day at breakneck speed to ensure that every […]
Homecare workers are not taking proposed changes to their contracts lying down.
Homecare workers are not taking proposed changes to their contracts lying down
If a society is judged on its ability to care for those who need support, what does it mean to turn caring into profit?
March was a momentous month for UNISON members – not least because of a proposed revamp of NHS pay that could benefit a million health workers.
UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar
Care workers in the London borough of Haringey are to be given the time and support they need to do their work, through a new ethical charter. Haringey Council has signed up to UNISON’s ethical care charter, which sets out a series of commitments to protect the rights of home care workers’ and give them […]
Care workers owed up to six years’ back pay after being paid below the minimum wage will have to wait until October for the money they are owed after a government announcement today
With just a few days until the election UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on social care – one of the issues that matter most to our members
With just a few days until the election UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on social care – one of the issues that matter most to our members
Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’
A great deal depends on it, not least the future of public services, the NHS, the wage packets and livelihood of UNISON members, and life in the UK after Brexit. But there are many other […]
Council’s ruling Labour group pledges to introduce UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter after May’s council elections
But the workers in Haringey were not – they were paid only for their time in clients' homes. Exposed In April 2016, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s […]